Up at 3:30 this morning. Ran 4.3 miles with 14 back-to-back hills at 2% incline. I know I'm getting in better shape, as evidenced by at least two things: 1) My heart rate drops at least 20 BPM within a minute of slowing to a fast walk, and 2) within an hour of running, I don't even feel like I went running. I used to die all day long after exerting myself for even 30 minutes. - Kind of let myself go a little bit yesterday, and went over my RDI. I'll just call it a spike day and go on. It's all about the drop over the long haul. I'm certainly not going to go spastic over fluctuations in my weight or my intake. I can't expect continuous and dramatic weight losses every day, when following a course of moderation. If I was back in the service, and that was important to me, I would be eating 1500 calories a day and burning off twice as much as that in exercise. I'm not going to do that, mainly because I wouldn't keep that up, once I lost the weight. Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt! - The portable pull-up bar, that I put up over the door frame, is working out pretty good. Not dramatic results, but I'm doing 3 good pull-ups from a dead hang, up from zero when I bought it. Pulling this 216 lb. frame up to where my chin is above the bar, is no easy feat for me, and something I thought I would never experience again. The 'springing up, and lowering myself slowly' routine is paying off. I get down and knock out 10 push-ups whenever I think about it - but I'm trying not to think about it too often. :D - Remember, it's not the number of breaths you take in this life that matter; it's the number of moments that take your breath away!
I hate when my foot falls asleep during the day, because that means it will be up all night.
Diet Calendar Entries for 08 February 2012:
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2586 kcal
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Fat: 100.13g | Prot: 100.17g | Carb: 337.21g.
Breakfast: Honey, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Instant Oatmeal - Plain, White Grapefruit Juice (Unsweetened, Canned). Lunch: Diet Coke (Can), hard boiled egg, radishes, green bell pepper, cucumbers, chicken sausage gumbo soup. Dinner: Diet Coke (Can), Original Chili Con Carne with Beans. Snacks/Other: Shortbread Cookie, PB & J Cracker Sandwich, Baked Cheese Crackers (100 Calorie Snack Pack), Peanuts, Chocolate Cake (with Chocolate Frosting), Oranges, Original Corn Chips, welch's Fruit Snacks, Mixed Berry Nonfat Smoothie, Non Dairy Creamer, coffee brewed, lance whole grain peanut. more...
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3145 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 1 hour, Resting - 18 hours, Sleeping - 5 hours. more...
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